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Afghanistan’s Taliban-run education ministry has suspended university education for female students until further notice. A letter published Tuesday, Dec. 20, by the higher education ministry instructed Afghan public and private universities to suspend access to female students immediately, in accordance with a Cabinet decision. This comes after girls were barred …

Joint exercises between the Chinese and Russian navy in the East China Sea that begin this week will “further deepen” cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, China has announced. The drills will be held off the coast of Zhejiang province south of Shanghai from Wednesday until next Tuesday, according to a …

A German court has convicted a 97-year-old woman of complicity in the murder of more than 10,500 people during her time working as a typist at a Nazi concentration camp in World War II. The state court in Itzehoe, in northern Germany, handed Irmgard Furchner a two-year suspended sentence – …

Three Kenyan athletes have been banned for a collective period of eight years after breaking anti-doping rules. The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned marathon runners Alice Jepkemboi Kimutai and Johnstone Kibet Maiyo for three years, and sprinter Mark Otieno for two. Otieno, 29, tested positive for the banned anabolic …

A 35-year-old man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was attacked by his father for uprooting his avocado trees in Kenol, Murang’a county, Kenya. A statement from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), on Tuesday said that the victim, George Mwangi angered his father after cutting down …

A Florida teenager has been accused of trying to kill his mother because she kept asking him to clean his room. Tobias “Toby” Jacob Brewer, 17, allegedly beat his mother with a frying pan and stabbed her with a pocket knife. He was arrested and booked into juvenile detention on …

Three Jordanian police personnel were killed in a raid on the hideout of the suspected killers of a policeman in the southern city of Maan, a police statement said. The police said one of the suspects, believed to be a fighter, was killed. The statement gave no further details. A …

Moscow announced Monday that several of its warships were participating in naval exercises starting this week with Beijing’s navy, as Russia and China deepen ties amid pressure from the West.The Russian defence ministry said the drills would take place between December 21 and 27 in the East China Sea, with …

TikTok’s Chinese owner on Monday denied setting up a subsidiary company in Taiwan after the island’s authorities said they were investigating the social media app for running “illegal operations”. The Mainland Affairs Council, Taiwan’s top China policy-making body, said the cabinet had requested a multi-agency investigation during a meeting on …

Sunday, December 18, 2022, made it exactly five decades since the death of Neila, the first wife of United States President, Joe Biden. Biden and his family marked the anniversary in a memorial ceremony at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church, Delaware, CBS News reports. The private event …